Modeling Competition #4 - Mech/Robot

[Pyritie]

Indeed.

 

[TheSecretArts]

Omfg

// problem fixed, post removed...

 

[Pyritie]

Well, there's still a lot of time, so if things happen to clear up before the deadline, then you can always continue.

Good luck with your girlfriend >-.=.-<

 

[TheSecretArts]

thx, ill try... but, (no offense) real life comes first...

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

thx, ill try... but, (no offense) real life comes first...

Yes of cours it comes first, I think Pyritie was just trying to make sure you ddint worry about this compition..


Its sad to see anyone kill themselfs no matter who they are, gl with that.

 

[Pyritie]

I know. I was wishing you good luck, that's all.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

And all this anger and frustration requires a specific bashing of my entry? Great.

 

[TheSecretArts]

naw, just the size of your toothpick mech... cause mine is big and beefy... fine ill change it to be less specific, u finished like 2 weekes ago anyway...

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Using an appropriate scale, my machine is actually the height of three (average) men combined -- about 5.2 metres.

 

[Massive_attack]

The only problem with RDZ's mech is that the cockpit seems to jut out at a weird angle, with no aparent supports. Unless that thing was a window-shield or something.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

The only problem with RDZ's mech is that the cockpit seems to jut out at a weird angle, with no aparent supports. Unless that thing was a window-shield or something.

IT'S NOT A FUCKING COCKPIT. NO PILOT. IT'S A FUCKING ROBOT.

 

[Pyritie]

Well then what's that bit for then?

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

It exists for the same reason that go-faster stripes exist.

 

[Massive_attack]

Rao, what the hell man calm down it was just a comment, looked like glass okay ? jeeze its just a model.

 

[TheSecretArts]

good news! We settled it out and shes getting consuling

 

[Pyritie]

So are you back in the competition?

 

[TheSecretArts]

Im back, yes im back in black!

 

[Massive_attack]

Once you go Black, you'll never look back.

 

[Xatoga]

Hm, I'm debating making this now instead, if I have time. I'll finish animating the goliath first though, anyways, in case I don't. What do you guys think?

 

[SuPa-]

did you draw that? That would be a pretty cool model.

 

[Xatoga]

Yeah, I did. My only concern is it'd probly be kinda high-poly, with all those spike-ed-ies, cogs, and tubes.

 

[Massive_attack]

@Xatoga Thats simple, just boxify it. Make any eges curvy and straight. and the shapes forms of boxes or primatives.

 

[Pyritie]

Or just make them planes and use textures instead.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Yay for not doing something from StarCraft!

 

[Xatoga]

Still find nothing wrong with Starcraft, I call it celebratory. Was and is the best game, so meh

Yeah, I'm gonna box-ify it and not make it quite as curvy, but then it seems it could end up as a bunch of primitives is all. Ah w/e, I'll do it somehow. When is the constest's closing date set too?

 

[Pyritie]

Read the first post.

 

[TheSecretArts]

wouldnt animating a 4 legged robot be a pain in the but, it was for my model, and thats why i switched to two legged...

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

No worse than animating a two-legged bot. Or three-legged.

All walks are easy when you have it nailed, but two's best to start from.

 

[Pyritie]

Animating anything is a pain in the butt for me...

 

[TheSecretArts]

well when i was animating my 4 legged beasts were inverting their legs in weird directions and crap like that

 

[Pyritie]

Exactly why I dislike animating. The legs always decide to move in wierd ways >.=.<

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

I think that's your rubbish software...

 

[Pyritie]

Gmax?

I'm planning to get milkshape later, once I read a few tutorials.

 

[TheSecretArts]

hey, dont blame GMAX, blame hiearchy and commercialism... lol, i want 3DSM.... but i dont have $3.5K to cough up or i wouldve bought a tricked out of computer instead of this low-profile trash heap...

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Animating is easy.

 

[Pyritie]

That's easy for you to say, you're the freaking Animation Moderator >.=.<

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Animating is easy.

KEW

EFF

TEE

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Animating is easy, animating well is the hard part.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Not really.

It just takes lots and lots of practice, and strutting around your bedroom like a nob-end trying to quantify how the hell you actually move.

I swear, one day I'll get a camera and a treadmill and find a way to make the perfect walk sequence...

 

[Pyritie]

Well I've tried to get movies of my dog running, but it's still hard >.=.<

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

I'm sure you could trap your dog on a treadmill somehow...

Anyway, it's definitely best to start with two legs. Much less faffing around when you don't know what's what.

 

[Pyritie]

Well, my dragon is four-legged.

But let's stop being off topic.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Then you're starting off far too ambitious.

Anyway, 99% of the entries here are entirely scratch-made; discussion of how best to animate models is perfectly on-topic.

 

[Xatoga]

Heres a WIP of the new guy, dubbed 'Famine' He's about 600 atm so I'm trying to go easy on the polies.

 

[Massive_attack]

Looks really good so far, just remember to keep that long skinny neck thing you had going before. Good box-ifying skills.

 

[Xatoga]

Woo, I think the models pretty much done now besides maybe editing his proportions a bit. Now to the anims. Or unwrap. Eventually

 

[Dionesiist]

That's awesome

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Much cooler than the goliath, if you finish this guy I can smell a possible win.

 

[SuPa-]

Excuse me while I go crap myself...
lol, very awesome model

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

You don't need those three eyes for a start, they can be painted on.

Those spheres on the shoulders are going to be killer, never ever ever ever use spheres unless you will die otherwise.

Could probably make a lot of those struts triangular instead of square and not miss it...

The 'vertebrae' on his 'spine' could probably be triangles too.